Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I don't understand "it" in that context. The point is that casual contact with bodily fluids - all of them from tears to urine to blood - even the clothing of victims that has said fluids is sufficient to pass the virus. There is no need for sex, drugs, and vampiring. Just comforting a sick child will kill you too.
Dirty needles in the US may be mostly associated with drugs but in African countries they are the norm in hospitals as well, and clean needles are hard to find.
The same CDC in Atlanta that was reprimanded a few days ago for being careless and sloppy with their vials of anthrax will be in charge of Dr. Brantley’s recovery from ebola when he arrives in the US.
Hope the Dr. does well.
I heard a report the other day that Ebola is fatal 90% of the time.
I don't know if you are aware of this but the two Americans who are infected are being brought to Emory Hospital in Atlanta.
Does this worry anyone else as much as it worries me?!
"One of the physicians overseeing the Ebola patients' being brought to America for treatment said, "I have no concerns about either my personal health or the health of the other health care workers who will be working in the Ebola unit."
"Ebola isn't "some mystical pathogen (with) some bizarre mode of transmission," the doctor noted, adding that it is transmitted similarly to illnesses like SARS or HIV."
"Though Ebola is aggressively infectious, which means that those infected are highly likely to get sick, it's not very contagious, meaning that it doesn't spread easily."
"Public health educators and medical professionals in the United States and other highly industrialized countries would deal with it swiftly. It's an advantage the poor affected countries in West Africa don't have."
"American health care workers would recognize Ebola cases. Then quarantine them. Then keep people out of contact with their bodily fluids while it runs its course."
"The CDC has alerted health workers in the United States to keep an eye out for symptomatic patients who have recently traveled to West Africa."
"If a case does turn up, public health officials will work to rapidly track down other people the patient has come into contact with and screen them for the virus."
We could already have an Ebola vaccine (but there's no financial incentive to do it.) "Pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to pour research and development dollars into curing a disease that surfaces sporadically in low-income, African countries. They aren't likely to see a large pay-off at the end — and could stand to lose money."
It is you. The citizen has the right to return to the US for care, why do you hate Americans?
So now it is a Liberal thing, hmmm, that is why the first answer was "you".
Nobody has any "right" to infect any others. Yes it is a liberal thing. You lefties let aids go wild now want ebola to do the same? Are you off your rocker?
"One of the physicians overseeing the Ebola patients' being brought to America for treatment said, "I have no concerns about either my personal health or the health of the other health care workers who will be working in the Ebola unit."
"Ebola isn't "some mystical pathogen (with) some bizarre mode of transmission," the doctor noted, adding that it is transmitted similarly to illnesses like SARS or HIV."
"Though Ebola is aggressively infectious, which means that those infected are highly likely to get sick, it's not very contagious, meaning that it doesn't spread easily."
"Public health educators and medical professionals in the United States and other highly industrialized countries would deal with it swiftly. It's an advantage the poor affected countries in West Africa don't have."
"American health care workers would recognize Ebola cases. Then quarantine them. Then keep people out of contact with their bodily fluids while it runs its course."
"The CDC has alerted health workers in the United States to keep an eye out for symptomatic patients who have recently traveled to West Africa."
"If a case does turn up, public health officials will work to rapidly track down other people the patient has come into contact with and screen them for the virus."
We could already have an Ebola vaccine (but there's no financial incentive to do it.) "Pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to pour research and development dollars into curing a disease that surfaces sporadically in low-income, African countries. They aren't likely to see a large pay-off at the end — and could stand to lose money."
One person maybe with a cold or a flu, that all it takes for the virus to mutate to become transmittable by air.
I am not willing to risk Western Civilization and all WE have achieved in name of emotionalism and sparing making the 3rd world look like the hell hole it so clearly is.
That's where the virus that turned everyone in to "walkers" started.... Atlanta.
Uncanny.... Maybe a premonition.
The CDC is headquartered in Atlanta...no psychic powers needed.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
